When Welfare Becomes a Ballot: How Freebies Are Quietly Rewriting Indian Democracy
Let’s call it what it is—this is not generosity, this is timing. No government suddenly discovers compassion a few months before an election. Compassion doesn’t follow the election calendar. Strategy does. Step 1: The Bihar Playbook In Bihar, just before the elections, the government announced direct cash transfers to women—₹10,000...